Guides
The law, the tickets, and the software.
19 plain-English explainers on contractor compliance in Australian mining. Sourced, dated, and free — whether you ever buy anything or not.
If you only read four
PCBU: who holds the duty, and when
Who holds the duty, and why there is never only one.
Person conducting a business or undertaking
Read itVerification of competency (VOC): what it is and what auditors expect
Not a ticket. Can they do it, here, today?
Current ability, not past training
Read itQueensland mining safety law, explained
Queensland mines are not under the WHS Act at all.
CMSHA 1999 and MQSHA 1999
Read itStandard 11: the Queensland coal mine induction, explained
The generic coal induction, and the two layers on top.
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All 19 guides
The law, in plain English
PCBU: who holds the duty, and when
Who holds the duty, and why there is never only one.
Duty of care, and what "reasonably practicable" really means
The five-part test — and why cost is weighed last.
Notifiable incidents — and why a Queensland mine reports something else
What to report, how fast, and what not to disturb.
Improvement notices, prohibition notices and mines directives
One sets a deadline. One stops the job on the spot.
Industrial manslaughter in Queensland mining
20 years, $10 million, and the first mining conviction.
Queensland mining safety law, explained
Queensland mines are not under the WHS Act at all.
Competency and credentials
Verification of competency (VOC): what it is and what auditors expect
Not a ticket. Can they do it, here, today?
Skills matrix: what it is, and how to build one that holds up
Who can do what — and the gaps that makes visible.
Training matrix: tracking what is done, and what is due
What is done, what is due, and when to book it.
High risk work licences: the full list, and how long each lasts
Every class, the five-year renewal, and where it stops.
Standard 11: the Queensland coal mine induction, explained
The generic coal induction, and the two layers on top.
Coal mine workers' health assessment: the Queensland scheme, explained
Five-yearly, and the longest lead time you have.
White card: the construction induction card, explained
No expiry date printed on it — and it still lapses.
Documents and systems
Choosing software
Getting onto a site
Getting onto a Bowen Basin mine site: what a contracting company needs
Six to eight weeks from award to the first shift.
Mining contracting companies based in Mackay: what you need in place
Several clients, several inductions, one medical bottleneck.
Central Queensland: working across coal, minerals and quarries
Coal, quarry and industrial run on three different Acts.
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